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September 2nd, 2015 
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Clients sue Ashley Madison, the online dating service that caters to married persons.
Registered users in six U.S states are suing Ashley Madison, the website that facilitates extra-marital affairs. Among other things, they seek class-action status to represent the estimated 37 million registered users of Ashley Madison, all of whom had personal information posted on the Internet.
AshleyMadison.com is a Canada-based online dating service with users world-wide. It caters to married people and to people who are in committed relationships. Its slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair.” In July, hackers stole all of its client data and threatened to post the data online if the company did not close the website permanently. The hackers also demanded that the website EstablishedMen.com be closed. EstablishedMen links young women to “sugar daddies”. When Avid Life Media Inc. (ALM), the owner of the websites, did not yield to the hackers’ demands to close the websites, the hackers released detailed data of ALM’s entire client list. The released client data included names, email addresses, home addresses, message history, financial history, sexual fantasies and credit card information. However, it is believed that only the last four digits of the main card number were posted.
The lawsuits against Ashley Madison were filed by persons in California, Texas, Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee and Minnesota. In the lawsuits, the complainants seek unspecified damages. They claim negligence, breach of contract, and privacy violations. Complainants also hold that Ashley Madison failed to take reasonable steps to protect the security of its users, including those who paid a special fee to have their information deleted.
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